E T Consultant, Upstream & Advisory, MAS Sector, LAC Region

Build a career with impact. Working at the World Bank Group (WBG) provides a unique opportunity to help countries solve their greatest development challenges. As one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries, the WBG is a unique partnership of five global institutions dedicated to ending poverty, increasing shared prosperity, and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide, the WBG works with public and private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges.
 
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets. We work in more than 100 countries, using our capital, expertise, and influence to create markets and opportunities in developing countries. In fiscal year 2025, IFC committed a record $71.7 billion to private companies and financial institutions in developing countries, leveraging private sector solutions, and mobilizing private capital to create a world free of poverty on a livable planet. For more information, visit www.ifc.org.


Project Background and Objectives 

IFC has embarked on an ambitious new growth strategy (IFC 3.0) to create, deepen, and expand markets and to imagine, design and implement investment projects especially in Low Income Countries and Fragile and Conflict affected Situations. It requires understanding the regional and local market environments as well as sector- and firm-specific challenges which may include regulatory bottlenecks that prevent the flow of private capital into productive investment and addressing these challenges through WBG engagement at the country and sector level. Upstream & Advisory Teams implement this strategy in close cooperation with colleagues from IFC and the wider WBG.

Duties and Accountabilities

IFC is offering 2 positions in the Upstream and Advisory team in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) with a focus on one or more of the following sectors: Manufacturing, Agribusiness, Forestry, Health, Education, Tourism, Retail and Property. In particular, decarbonization, resource efficiency, value addition to supply chains and digitalization are key themes relevant to all sectors, with applications ranging from heavy-industry and building decarbonization, to upgrading of production supply chains, to climate-smart agriculture and digital health and education. This position comprises the following tasks:

•  Support business development, pipeline management and transaction execution.

•  Provide research and analysis on relevant sectors, markets, and companies, including market mapping, comparator analysis, and sector and company financial projections/models; analyses are expected to include opportunities for decarbonization and digitalization where possible.
•  Extract data from internal and external databases, manipulate and present data for various audiences and update/maintain information in relevant databases.
•  Review, screen, and prepare relevant documents and reports.
•  Draw up materials for external presentation to (potential) clients and IFC partners and prepare documentation for IFC internal processes.